The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

s 1 SHIP NEWS. r The Mariner, WILSON, from London to Ha ‘FIIIII4II, is lost near that port—specie saved. PlaszA;cct, Dec.2s.—The French brig Jean- VALIOT i . from Marseilles to Rotten, came on shore this morning, about five o7clock,..near City andour, half a mile front this Pier ; -part of her Cargo expected to be saved; but if it continues to blow, the vessel will go to pieces—crew saved. ST. IVF.S, Dec. 2G.—The sloop Champion, of this place . , from Teignmouth to IVhitehaven, car vied. away her main-mast by the board, last even ing, when about half a mile off our Head, and was towed by sundry boats into our I'ier. HAftwlcts, Dec. 28.—Arrived the Lady Ne- Pean packet from Cuxhaven; Auckland packet, from ditto ; and Henry Freeling packet, from ditto—all with mails, &c. ; Simeon, HAY, from Barcelona for Hull, having been a month at sea, all well; DEAL, DEC. 28.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Printe Leopold, SMITH, from An cona ; Alexandrine, DEZANDT, from Marseilles the latter lost an anchor and cable in the Downs this morning. RAMSGATE, DEC. 28.—Came in the Commo dore Barry, KAY, front New Orleans, having cut from anchor and cable off the North Foreland. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 28 —Arrived hisplajesty's Lamle trout Jamaica. (LISTON'S LIST. Enterert Inwards, Dcr,2.6.—llendiette, Symons, Lisbon; rya, Clark, do.; _Trial, Horker, do. ; Cumberland, Tillard, 4 "-; Friends, Liddle, do.; Charlotte, Moberg, do.; Sym itittry, Smith, elo.; Jane, Perriam, St. Michael's ; Maria, Austin; do.; Good Intent, Spague, St. Übe's; Britannia, bully, Seville ; • Samuel Whitbread, Garriock, do.; Ann, Mackie, do.; Flora, Wedsted, Tolidern ; Nortaumbria, Chal tenor, Hamburg') ;,Electra, Smith, Philadelphia; Sovereign, Dawson, Quebec ; John, Walker, Trieste; Isla, Wastlake, Newfoundland ; Goede Intentie, Weer, Harlingen ; Meyer, Groningen; Pretty Lass, Tully, Gijon; Fortuna, Evers, Tonningen ; VrOw Gesina, Dyh, Amsterdam ; Eliza beth, Godfrey, Trieste; Neptunus, Oosting, Groningen Walton, Cayenne; Martha Hendrika, Junker, Gro nin;en; Rolla, Sims, Newfoundland ; Agncs, Spain, New lurk ; Echo, Miller, Teneriffe. E , ntered Outwards, Dec. • 26.—Resolntion, Price, Ant werp; Three Brothers, Spaull, Lisbon ; Wellington, Dou tAl, Cape of Good Hope; Ocean, Anton, Demerara; Trio, Smith, Genoa. Cleared.the wards., Dec. W.—Lord Liverpool, Ellis, Rutter dan, ; Concord, Wales, Teneritfe ; Favonrite, Bravinder, Rio Janeiro ; Harmony, Brown, Genoa; William and Mary, Hes &thrum!, BarCelona; Leander, Foster, Jamaica ; Richard, Findlater, Messina ;' Indian Chief, Humphreys ; New Orleans. A Royal Ordonnance, of which the following is an abstract, appears in the Moniteur of Friday List. It is dared the 17th inst.:— " Louts, by the Grace of God, &c. " By our Ordonnance of the 17th of Dec. 1817, Concerning the administration of the establish ments for the instruction of Catholic youth of England, Ireland, and Scotland, we reserved to ourselves the power of regulating the internal economy, so as best to give effect to the inten tion of the founder," &c. (The Ordonnance then details the regulations with great minuteness. It sets forth that these establishments had, of late years, suf fered greatly; that, in consequence, it was ne cessary to ri dace the expenditure, abolishing that of management altogether, and vesting the management in the gratuitous bureau, com bining the foundations together, and the limit mg the expences as much as possible to the precise object of the founder. It directs that the present Managers shall give up all the documents in their hands to the gratuitous boreal'. The patrons or collectors to the dif ferent foundations shall have a year's interval to produce dormant or forgotten claims. The claim ants on the different tonds shall have no allow *nee for travelling to or from England, Scotland, vo. Ireland. The King reserves to, himself the tight of joining with the gratuitous bureau, ho binary members, chosen by preference from fa milies of the kingdom of France, but of English, scotch, or Irish.origin. The candidates for the Clerical Order shall be placed in schools, ac cording to the desire of the Catholic Bishop of their tespectice dioceses. The General Admini strator shall he an Ecclesiastic of Great Britain or Ireland. Ile shall correspondent with the Ca tholic Prelates of the three nations, and with the persons interested in the presentations. The su preme controul rests with the Minister of the In terior. All disputes of property in these establish ments shall be decided by the tribunals, as ordi bary questions of law.] Dispatches have been received at the Colonial and Admiralty Offices, brought by the sloop Larne, arrived at Lymington from Jamaica and the Ha vannah. They are said to relate to the proceed litgs of the South American Patriots.—(ll. Post.) The Dutch Papers speak of a very dense fog that enveloped many parts of the Low Countries O the 224 inst. It is remarkable that it com- Nenced and continued about the sante time with that which on the same day enveloped London end its environs. At Haarlem, the inhabitants, Rt, the suggestion of the Magistrates, put lights in, their windows, in order as much as possible to prevent accident. Many persons, however, tell into the water, though it was not known that arty lives had been lost. At Amsterdam it com thenceti about five o'clock, and grew thicker and thicker, till ten, when it began to diminish. In that ci•y and at Leydcwseveral persons were un iwtunately drowned. THE THEATRE. DRURY-LA'R.—The new Pantomime of Harle quin and the Dandy Club oflBlB, was brought for ward again last night, after tire Tragedy of Isabella had been represented in a manner highlydreditable to the talents of Mrc WEST,in the mournful He roine of the piece, and Mr. H. KetvieLe in the part of Biron.—As soon as the Pantomime con cluded a turbulent demand for the appearance of the Manager took place. This cry generally arises among the Gods in the Gallery, ‘s ho are always anxious to shew their power over poor theatrical Mortals. It however spread like contagion, and became so powerful that Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE made his appearance, in hopes to allay the storm by a compliance with the general wish. When 'something like a tranquil attention enabled him to address the audience, he desired to know their will. He was answered by loud cries of " With draw the Pantomime." Ile assured the audience, that the Proprietors of the Theatre, as well as himself, had no wish but to gratify the Public, that such alterations and additions had been made in the Pantomime as, he trusted, would render it acceptable, that as the hills were printed, adver tisements, &c. announcing its repetition for to morrow (this day), he hoped - that it might be again represented, particularly as great pains had been taken to remove whatever could ex cite displeasure. Mr. KEMBLE (who was obliged to appear, several times), then advert ed to the conduct of Ml'. BRADBURY, who he understood had unintentionally given offence on Saturday night. He was sure that Mr• BRADBURY was solicitous to please the Public, and that lie would be ready to make any satisfactory apology.. Mr. BRADBURY sOOO after appeared, but there was by no means that expression of respect and diffi dence which become a public Performer, and atter declaring that he had no wish to offend any indi vidual, he added, in a tone of defiance, that if the Gentleman who had just spoken, or any man on Earth, had any thing to alledge against him, he was ready t 6 meet him there or any where, for the purpose of explanation. A violent cla mour lollowed this heroic defiance when this Clown quitted the stage. Such conduct, was cer tainly very unbecoming, and the audience could not but be struck with the diGrence that appeared in the manner and deportment of Mr. KEMBLB 41t1 Mr. BRADBURY. The former spoke with a too ' lest firmness strongly expressive of respect for the Public, and a disposition to bend implicitly to the general will. But there was a kind of flippant freedom and daring energy in the latter that were by no means calculated to conciliate the favour of the audience, or to restore them to good hionour. —We hope, however, that the matter will drop here, that the holiday folks may not be deprived of their usual enjoyment by those fastidious Cri tics whom nothing will please, and who,in the excess of their spl e e n , w ill vent i t even upon the whims of a Pantomime, which Must necessarily be founded upon every violation of taste, every departure from nature, and every absurdity calcu lated to excite the wonder of ignorance, and to amuse those who are benevolent enough to enjoy time happiness of (Aim, and to see the younger generations gratified with annual merri ment. CHILD-STEALING.—Since the Act passed July 18, 1814, making the offence of child-stealing fe lony-, it appears that ten persons have been tried at the Old Bailey on that charge, of whom nine have been found guilty, and one was acquitted : six of those convicted were sentenced • to the full penalty of seven years' transportation ; one wo man convicted of the same offence at the Lincoln Assizes has also been transported. LOST CHILD RESTORED.—Yesterday an officer, named Matthew Brown, brought to the Mansion- House, the child of a decent poor woman, named Elizabeth Smith, which he had found in the street on Saturday night.—The officer said, the child, which was about two years old, was crying bit terly and shivering with the cold, opposite to Goodluck's Office. Some humane person had put twopence-halfpenny into the infant's hand, but the officer thought it more charitable to convey the child to a place for warmth and sustenance, and took it to a public-house. He then went in search of the parent, to whom he was di rected by a bill posted against the Mansion House, as he walked along with his burden. On entering the house he soon learned where the loss was most acutely felt, and supplied the place of lamentation with a very different feeling. —The Lord Mayor highly commended the conduct of the officer, which was as rentarktibk for the quick ness with which lie sought to rciieve the mother, as for the promptitude with which he relieved the child. The mother said she had sent the infant with an elder brother, and that to her tenor the latter returned alone. She expressed her grati tude to the officer with true Irish warmth, and said she felt his humanity the more, as she was stranger in this country. HattatNos.—We learn that herrings were-taken on Saturday last at the Queensferry ; one boat brought in about two barrels, and it is expected the fishing will prove successful. An affair of honour took place, on Wednesday morning last, on Portsdown-hill, between Major Ross, of the 21st regiment, and A. MACKAY, lately of the same regiment, which terminated without injury to either party, on the intervention of the seconds. At three o'clock y esterday morning a fire broke out at the , house of a hair-dresser, situated near the Blenheim-steps, Oxford-street. It raged with considerable fury for some time, to the great terror of the inhabitants of the vicinity, who ap prehended the most destructive consequences ; but, the speedy arrival of the engines, and the active exertions of the firemen, were happily successful in subduing the flames, before their progress had occasioned much damage. A lady, in Charlotte -street, Glasgow, had be queathed, in her settlement, a legacy of one hun dred pounds in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary ; but, in a letter to the Treasurer, expressing her high estimation of the public value, and excellent management of that Institution, she intimated her resolution, in present aid of the funds, to convert the legacy into a donation, which has accordingly been pith P 0 E T It Y. • THE COMFORT- OF , AN OLD MAN. •,: .31ens conscia. recd. • At length my friend, while time, on still careeri ;Iv Wafts on his gentle wing his eightieth year, Sees his past days are out of fortune's power, ' Nor dreads approaching death's uncertain hour; Reviews his life, and in the strict surrey, Finds not one moment he could wish away, Pleas'd with the series of each happy day ! Such, suth a man extends his hope's short space, And from the goal again renews the race. For he lives twice, who can at once employ The present well, and all the past enjoy. AN OLD POET. REGISFER OF FASHION. ARRICAL4.—The Earl and Countess of Plymouth, at their seat, [Jewel! Brooinsgrove, Worcestershire, Irvin Leicester shire ; Joseph Cole, Esq. at the Pultency Hotel, from Bath ; Mrs. Tisdell, at ditto, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. —Lord and Lady Colchester, from Warren's New Hotel, New-street, for their seat, Whitbrook, Sussex; Lord and Lady Nugent, from their seat; Lilleys, Berks, for Stowe; Major and Mrs. Malcolm, from the Prince Saxe-Co-' bourg Hotel, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to Bath. SPOlti IN G INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, DEC. es. DERBY. Taken-10 to 1 agst Duke of Portland's Pledge. Taken—it to 1 agst Lord Rous's Euphrates. Takeo—ls to I agst Mr. LI Chorlton's Taken -17 to 1 agst Wildfire. OAKS. Taken-10 to 1 agst I). of Grafton's Vanity, Taken—lC) to I apt Gen. Grosvenor's Blue Stockings. 'A guinea for a hundred in favour of Vanity.—No betting on the Doncaster St. Leger. HUNTING. The East Essex Fox Hounds meet Thursday next, at Gen. Elwes's. Park Gate, at ten.—The Haftiehi Hounds meet Thursday, at Bramin;:ham ; awl Saturday next, at Kennel, at halt past ten..---1,11111 Sondes's 'Hounds meet this day, at 'Teton Mill; Thursday, at Toddington; and Saturday, at Sibbertoft, each day at half past ten.—The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet to-morrow, if weather permit, a t A s h ton. at half past ten.—The Oakley Hounds meet this day, at Milton Mill ; Thursday, nit Kempston Wood; Saturday, at Bletsoe Falcon, at half past ten each day. A Civil Grand Cross and Red Ribbon,, of the Order of the Bath, becomes vacant by the death of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS. Doctor FRANCIS, father of the late Sir PHILIP, was not only one of the English' Versifiers of HORACE, but one of the translators of DEmosTHRNRs ; he also produced a very short-lived Tragedy, called " Eugenia."-- The Doctor was for several years Domestic Chap lain to the Right Hon. HENRY Fox, the first Lord HOLLAND. • HATFIELD.---This ancient seat of hospitality was thrown open at the commencement of the holidays, by the Marquis and Marchioness of SaustwaY,for the reception of their distinguished feiends. Never was a greater •display of munifi cence manifested by the noble owners, than on the present occasion. All the poor in Hatfield and its environs participated in the distribution of their bounty in food and raiment. Among the distin guished personages invited on the' occasion was the Duke of WELLINGTON. His Grace left town on.Friday.last for Hatfield, and returned yester day afternoon. THE FEMALE PREACHER,—The Female that vi sited the late unfortunate men in Newgate, while under sentence of death for uttering forged notes, is in the 'constant habit of preaching in chapels and meetings. She ascends the pulpit, attended by a tall man of a dark complexion, with a long beard, very much resembling a Jewish Priest. He first begins singing an account of something about himself, but it is neither a psalm or hymn tune; after which he holds forth for near an hour. The female then rises and finishes the dis course, he remaining all the time in the pulpit.— They have travelled together through most parts of America. They preached a few days past at a chapel in the borough, and at other places. He has lately published an account of his travels dur ing his The woman is dressed in the cos - - wine of a Quaker, and appears to be upwards of 60 years old. They are very shortly going back to America. A few nights past, they visited an obscure place .of worship in Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane. During •his discourse, he took occasion to use a similitude, by taking out of the socket one of the candles, declaring to the Con- . gregation, while one spark of sin remained, they could not enter Heaven; and various other equally singular allusions. HOAX.—One of those most contemptible at tempts at wit, generally called a hoax, the author of which, if discovered, would be well rewarded for his ingenuity by public flagellation, was on Christmas-day played off on the family of Mr. S--, a respectable inhabitant of Walcot-I,lace, Lambeth. At an early hour in the morning, the house was alarmed by the cries and knocking of 3 different chimney-sweepers., all of whom had re ceived orders to attend at the same time. These were scarcely dismissed, ,when two post-chaises, provided no doubt by the same kind friend, came to take Mr. 8-- and family out of town. The post-boys more in dudgeon than th• animals they drove, reluctantly turned from the door, the knocker of which, for some hours after, scarcely rested a minute, for the. numerous applications ol tradesmen applying for orders and delivering goods. And at one time Mr. S--, by a singular coincidence, had in his house a surgeon, •a butcher, an advertising genuine wine -merchant, and an undertaker, all attending in the way of their profession. At one period of the day, Mr. S-- received by an er rand cart a hamper, out of the top of which 'pro truded the legs and feet of a few turkeys, but; upon unpacking it, the contents were found to be nothing but rubbish and straw. The quarter of the suburbs from which this came, however, has served as a guide to Mr. S—'s suspicion. The Earl of BRADFORD was lately in imminent peril of his life by a bull belonging to the Duke of BEDFORD. His Lordship was viewing the ani mal in its stall, when it attacked him with its horns, and trampled upon him. His Lordship happily escaped by getting under the manger. FIELD-GARDENING HUSBANDRY. INTERESTING COMMUNICATION. The following is a Copy of a Letter from Sir HENRY VAVASOUR to Lord CARRINGiON, COll - an account of a Cottager 'keeping a cow, by the produce of arable land only • Lodon, May 20, . MY LORD,---I have had then 1801 of 'men tioning, in conversation to your: Lordship, the ad vantages that appeared to, me, in cultivating land in the Flemish manner, or, what is now . called, - .about Fillham and that neighbourhood; the Field-gardeniv husbandry. I have for some years tencouraged my cottagers in Yorkshire, in this mode of managing their small.girrths r or gar dens, which are in general. from one to three acres; and I. have now an opportunity_of stating the husbandry of a - poor industrious cottager's Barth. As the mail can neither read nor write, these patticulars have been transmitted to me from his own month ; and as I saw his land al most every day during the last harvest, I can vouch that this account is not far from the truth. PRODUCE. VALUE. A. R. P. 240 Bushels of potatoes 60 Ditto of carrots 5 Quarters of oats, at 445. perquarter 11 0 0 '0 320 4 Leads of clover, part in hay, part cut green l2 0 0 1 010 Turnips 1 0 0 0 0 20 In garden-stuffs for the family, viz. beans, peas, cabbages, leeks, &c 0 0 0 0 030 Deduct ,C. 54 0 0* 3 0 0 Rent, includikg house 9O 0 Seeds, &c. Value of labour lO 10 0 22 10 0 Profit, 311. 10s. at market, exclusive of butter, if sold. Ills stock was two cows and two pigs; one of his cows bad a summer's gait for twenty weeks with his landlord. The land was partly ploughed, and partly dug with the spade, cultivated (the ploughing excepted), by the man, his wife, and a girl about twelve years of age, in their spare hours from their daily hired work, seldom a whole day 01f, except in harvest—made the rent in butter, besides a little used in the family. The man lates, that be thinks he clears, one year with an other, about 30/, The daily wages his family earns about keep them. It is very evident this man clears more from his three acres than a far mer can possibly lay by from more than eighty acres of land, in the common husbandry of the country, paying for horses, servants, &c. and it must be obvious to every one how great the ad vantage must be to society, by cultivating in this . manner. It would have taken mare than half the quantity of his three acres in. pasture, for one cow at grass during half the year ; whereas (except ing the summer's gait for one of•his cows, as mentioned before), his stock of two cows and two pigs is kept and carried on the whole year. The family lives well, and a handsome sum has been yearly saved to place out two sons, and to supply them with clothes, washing, &c. I am, &c. HENRY., VAVASOUR. These sums are conformable to the prices of this year: but it is evident that, in other seasons, they JD USt in general be lower. The cottager's name is Thomas Rook. MELANCHOLY SUJCIDE.—Oti Sunday evening a most lamentable 'occurren:e took, place at the, house of Mr. Stackwood, in Red Lion-street : A young Gentleman, of the name of Richard Hal lard, in a fit of despondency, cut his throat in a most dreadful manner in four or five places. We understand he was not twenty years of age. A love affair is supposed to be, the cause. Mr. HaHard is still living, but no hopes are entertained of his recovery ; and the situation of the young Lady, the object of his attachment, is beyond de scription. Another fatal accident occurred on Tuesday night, in consequence of the very unsafe state in which the Leeds and Liverpool Canal basin, near to Water-lane, in this town, is suffered still to remain. On the above night, about I I o'clock, Mr. John Lobley, a mill-owner, at F'arnley, and Mr. John Whitfield, a cloth-searcher, at Pod sey, left the Queen's Head, at Mill-hill, both on one horse, and proceeded over Leeds Bridge towards Farnley. Soon after they had pissed the small bridge, leading out of Water lane towards the canal, one of them observed it was a dismal dark night, and it was well they were so perfectly acquainted with their way. This conversation was scarcely finished, before the horse, owing to the fog, quitted the road, and fell with its riders into the old Canal basin. Some time after, Mr. West, master of a stone-vessel lying in the basin, being alarmed by the cries of some person in distress, hastened from his cabin, and, with the assistance of Mr. Andrew Coal man, and his mate, and some of the workmen employed by the Union Company, rescued Mr. Lobley and his horse. front their perilous situation. Whitfield had sunk to rise no more, and though diligent search was made for his remains the body was not found till Friday, having floated from the place where they had plunged into the wa ter, on' the south side of the 01d basin, to the northeast corner of the new basin, 'at the point • nearest to the Waterloo Ford. Oti Thursday night, a respectable tradesman in this town missed his road, and walked into the new basin : be would have perished had he not been an expert swimmer. Blame certainly attaches somewhere for the dangerous state in which both the canal basins are left. We will not now longer dwell on what . has Onfortnnately occurred—but we most S;ncerely trust that the p ossi bili ty o f future acci dents will he guarded against without delay, and as effectually as possible.—(Leeds Intelligencer, Dec: 28.) • • ExCusslVE DRINKING.—An Inquisition was taken last night, before TuomAs HIGGs, Esq. Coroner, at the Lemon Tree, Bedfordbury, on the body of Constantine Molloy, aged 32 years, late of Tullat»ore, Ireland, whose. death was caused by continued intoxication, from drinking neat gin, and other spirits. He drank a quart of gin within six hours prior to his death. Verdict— " Died in a fit of apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking." EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On Christmas Eve, the wife of Mr. Saunders, shoemaker, No. 1, Bull's Head -court, was delivered of twins ; she is in the 59th year of her age, and had no children for 35 years before.